I remember that he gave reasons for not going after the other castaways but except for the Skipper ("you're too fat a target"), I don't remember the rest.

What were the reasons for not hunting the others?

Hunting MaryAnn would be like hunting a bunny.
Something abt the Howells' blue blood and early morning hunting.
Can't remember the rest.

But the one for the Skipper was :rofl:

Ok, here it is. I found the script:
http://www.gilligansisle.com/scripts/script86.html
SKIPPER
Gilligan, he's not smiling.

MARY ANN
Well that's ridiculous. People don't
hunt people.

MRS HOWELL
Mr. Kincaid this joke is in extremely
poor taste!


KINCAID
Madame, I assure you I'm not joking.

PROFESSOR
Do you intend to hunt one of us, and
then gun your victim down in cold
blood?!

KINCAID
Very well put Professor. As added
incentive to your participation in this
adventure, if the one I'm hunting can
elude me for twenty-four hours, I'll see
that your all returned to civilization.

The castaways now have a look of doom on their
faces. Kincaid starts to look at each castaway in
turn as he makes his decision.

GINGER
But…but I'm a girl!

KINCAID
That's quite obvious.

Kincaid looks next at Mary Ann

MARY ANN
Me!?

KINCAID
My dear, shooting you would be like
shooting an Easter bunny.

Kincaid then fixes his gaze on Mrs. Howell.

KINCAID
As for you Madame.

MRS HOWELL
You wouldn't dare!

KINCAID
Don't tempt me. But I plan to start
this hunt before noon, and I'm sure at
that early hour your blue blood wouldn't
be circulating.

Mrs. Howell is upset at being insulted.

MRS HOWELL
I never heard such nerve! Why for
something important I can get up as
early as anyone else!

Mr. Howell realizes how absurd Mrs. Howells
comment is and steps in.

MR HOWELL
Lovey, if the man says your blood
doesn't circulate don't argue!

Kincaid, hearing Mr. Howell turns his attention
to him.

KINCAID
As for you, I'd love to let some hot air
out of your stuffed shirt!

Kincaid then focuses on the Professor.

KINCAID
Over here we have a chess player. By the
time he's figuring out his next move I'd
have him in my bag!

Kincaid then spots the skipper.

SKIPPER
Now look Kincaid, this is a lot of
nonsense!

KINCAID
Skipper! Your too big a target.

Gilligan then assesses the situation and is
relieved that no one was selected.

GILLIGAN
I'm glad it's not you or Ginger or Mary
Ann or Mr. Or Mrs. Howell or the
Professor.

The Hunter used to be on my bottom ten list when I first started watching the series, but in the last few years I like it more and more everytime I see it. Very original plot, I don't think it has ever been duplicated in a sitcom.

The Hunter used to be on my bottom ten list when I first started watching the series, but in the last few years I like it more and more everytime I see it. Very original plot, I don't think it has ever been duplicated in a sitcom.
Only on Gilligan's Island. Although, I would like to have seen the plot resurrected on, let's say, FULL HOUSE with Uncle Jessie and the Olsen Twins running for their lives.:lol:

Get Smart's "Island of the Darned" had a fairly similar plot but I reckon the Gilligan's Island version beats it by that much.

The plot originally comes from a short story called "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.

http://classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1317/

I read that story in 7th grade and then again when I was a freshman in high school. I remember I told my friend that an episode of Gilligan's Island was based on it. :lol: However it is one of my least favorite episodes and only someone who despises Gilligan would like it. The ending was especially lame. Skipper and Professor are distracting Jonathan by saying stupid stuff (with Gilligan hiding in the tree) until the time is up. It would have been so much better if they could have wrestled the gun away from him. The bad guy would be helpless without his gun. I can't believe the castaways would be so stupid as to believe Jonathan would help them get off the island if Gilligan won, and went along with the game. Whoever wrote the episode had to be a sick freak.

I read that story in 7th grade and then again when I was a freshman in high school. I remember I told my friend that and episode of Gilligan's Island was based on it. :lol: However it is one of my least favorite episodes and only someone who despises Gilligan would like it. The ending was especially lame. Skipper and Professor are distracting Jonathan by saying stupid stuff (with Gilligan hiding in the tree) until the time is up. It would have been so much better if they could have wrestled the gun away from him. The bad guy would be helpless without his gun. I can't believe the castaways would be so stupid as to believe Jonathan would help them get off the island if Gilligan won, and went along with the game. Whoever wrote the episode had to be a sick freak.
The tree thing was preety lame, I wonder why he just didn't shoot the Professor or the Skipper when Gilligan ran from him.


The plot originally comes from a short story called "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.

http://classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1317/


That sounds very familiar, I think I might have read that too in Middle School, I always thought that was from the 80's or something. Preety neat.


Get Smart's "Island of the Darned" had a fairly similar plot but I reckon the Gilligan's Island version beats it by that much.

I am going to have too look for that when I get the Time Life set of Get Smart :D

I am going to have too look for that when I get the Time Life set of Get Smart :D

You too, huh. :)

The ending was especially lame. Skipper and Professor are distracting Jonathan by saying stupid stuff (with Gilligan hiding in the tree) until the time is up. It would have been so much better if they could have wrestled the gun away from him. The bad guy would be helpless without his gun. I can't believe the castaways would be so stupid as to believe Jonathan would help them get off the island if Gilligan won, and went along with the game. Whoever wrote the episode had to be a sick freak.

I agree. Also, do they really think that he would help them off the island expecting them to NOT go to the authorities???? Come on now.

so true....so true...

I always thought it was odd that they put up with some people------like Lord Beasley, for instance. They could have just banded together and taken the flare gun away from him. :confused:

and George Barkley? :mad: That jerk was going to leave them marooned just for the money-----the Professor and the Skipper should have cornered him and helped him change his mind.

I'm really not a violent person...LOL...but there are times you gotta just step in and say "NO!" :cool:

The basic premise of the show was for the castaways to be left stranded on the island at the end of each episode.

If Gilligan could have gotten the gun from the sailor he could have easily got it from anyone else.

The basic premise of the show was for the castaways to be left stranded on the island at the end of each episode.

I understand for the purposes of the series they needed to be left there, but that means that any guests on the island were either too a) stupid, b) evil, or c) both to send for help after he/she/they left. I think the worst person ever to be on the island was Norbert Wiley (Don Rickles). Not only did he kidnap the women for ransom but he stole their stuff and left after the castaway *stupidly* befriended him and thew him a party. Eva Grubb comes close in the backstabbing category. I know I always feel down after the Wiley episode, it did not have a happy ending.

In fairness to Lord Beasley at least he *tried* to wake up the castaways "C'mon the boat is coming!" but they were too passed out drunk to move!

so true....so true...

I always thought it was odd that they put up with some people------like Lord Beasley, for instance. They could have just banded together and taken the flare gun away from him. :confused:

and George Barkley? :mad: That jerk was going to leave them marooned just for the money-----the Professor and the Skipper should have cornered him and helped him change his mind.

I'm really not a violent person...LOL...but there are times you gotta just step in and say "NO!" :cool:
my sentiments exactly!

The Mosquitoes had a dumb reason too. The "Honeybees" were a different type of group th3n the mosquitoes so they shouldn't have had much to worry about.

The Mosquitoes had a dumb reason too. The "Honeybees" were a different type of group th3n the mosquitoes so they shouldn't have had much to worry about.
That too. I mean, The Mosquitoes were only copying the Beatles. Besides, do they really think the girls (especially Mrs. Howell) would have gone back to the mainland and become a MUSICAL GROUP?????? Pleeeeeeze, they only wanted to be RESCUED!!!!!:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Ok, Lord Beasley did try to wake them up....

...so he can't get the men from the rescue boat to help him carry them aboard??!! :confused: :)

Sorry, no brownie points for Beasley........he was a weasel! :lol:

Ok, Lord Beasley did try to wake them up....

...so he can't get the men from the rescue boat to help him carry them aboard??!! :confused: :)

Sorry, no brownie points for Beasley........he was a weasel! :lol:
And Beasley couldn't radio for assistance? Or he couldn't just wait til they woke up? Idiot Beasley!

Erica Tiffany Smith at least tried even though her directions stunk. Why didn't she ask the Professor in the first place before she left. They could have tied a letter to her leg like the duck-lol

Erica Tiffany Smith at least tried even though her directions stunk. Why didn't she ask the Professor in the first place before she left. They could have tied a letter to her leg like the duck-lol
LMAO!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

Not only that, notice the castaways were never mentioned by name by Erica. They were merely people. Don't you think she would have mentioned names and the news people would have said, "Oh my God, it's the survivors of the Minnow". And they would have been searching for them regardless of the fact they didn't have directions. Seems to me, when people have been lost at sea, the coast guard and other entities go searching without so much as a clue as to where to look. They don't need directions of any kind. They just map out a huge area of where to look. They cover different areas.

Duke (the surfer) might have had the only honest reason. Hitting the rock actualy made sense and didn't make him look like a jerk.

Tongo the ape man was a wuss!!!!! Like the castaways were really going to reveal how he behaved with the gorilla???? C'mon now. They wanted to go home, they could care less how he acted with the animal. I mean, they would have been so grateful to him, they would have made him look like a hero. That! would have been a great career for him.

while the premise was a pretty good idea. and the show being ridiculous fun. The idea of Gilligan hiding in a tree where he would really be compramised was ridiculous.

The Skipper: "Why don't you go shoot Gilligan" did kinda saved the scene though.

I understand for the purposes of the series they needed to be left there, but that means that any guests on the island were either too a) stupid, b) evil, or c) both to send for help after he/she/they left. I think the worst person ever to be on the island was Norbert Wiley (Don Rickles). Not only did he kidnap the women for ransom but he stole their stuff and left after the castaway *stupidly* befriended him and thew him a party. Eva Grubb comes close in the backstabbing category. I know I always feel down after the Wiley episode, it did not have a happy ending.

In fairness to Lord Beasley at least he *tried* to wake up the castaways "C'mon the boat is coming!" but they were too passed out drunk to move!
Just like Wile E.Coyote could not catch the Road Runner.

...it seems to me that "Jonathan Kincaid" is merely a variation of "The Hungry Fox", and Gilligan is "Baby Huey"...for no matter how much he believes he's "too clever" for his quarry, Gilligan will somehow outsmart him by sheer "stupidity". I remember a gag that climaxed a "Huey" cartoon- the fox paints a stick of dynamite to look like a peppermint stick, and Huey takes the "bait" from him...as the fox waits for the dynamite to go off, Huey reappears and breaks off a piece, declaring, "Duh-h, I saved a piece for YOU!", shoving the half with the lit fuse into the fox's mouth. As he stares in horror, it explodes. And this is basically what happens to "Kincaid" at the end. It isn't his fur that's gone, it's his mind.

:crazy:

Yeah! That Lord Beasly.. GOT ON MY LAST NERVES!!!! I can't stand him! I wish there would have been more women guest stars to see how the men would react (it would really help when one is writing romantic GI fanfiction). There were only two and one of them was more like a double cast so that doesn't really count. But Erika Tiffany Smith got on my nerves anyway because she was going to marry Roy:explode: . NO NOT ROY!!!! (he's MY man!;) )
And Eva Grubb... that was such a mean thing to do, I mean, gosh, the girls help her out and what does she do but steal Ginger's identity. That episode probably has my least favorite ending: a) because the bad guy wins and b)we never know if Eva's notorious sceme is successful (That's why I wrote: "All About Eva's Second Encounter With Ginger"- Read and review please!)
But, Duke had a good excuse I guess.
And, I liked Wrongway and all, but, if I was one of the Castaways, I would be ticked with him...
But, he's to nice to stay very mad at:)

Yeah! That Lord Beasly.. GOT ON MY LAST NERVES!!!! I can't stand him! I wish there would have been more women guest stars to see how the men would react (it would really help when one is writing romantic GI fanfiction). There were only two and one of them was more like a double cast so that doesn't really count. But Erika Tiffany Smith got on my nerves anyway because she was going to marry Roy:explode: . NO NOT ROY!!!! (he's MY man!;) )
And Eva Grubb... that was such a mean thing to do, I mean, gosh, the girls help her out and what does she do but steal Ginger's identity. That episode probably has my least favorite ending: a) because the bad guy wins and b)we never know if Eva's notorious sceme is successful (That's why I wrote: "All About Eva's Second Encounter With Ginger"- Read and review please!)
But, Duke had a good excuse I guess.
And, I liked Wrongway and all, but, if I was one of the Castaways, I would be ticked with him...
But, he's to nice to stay very mad at:)

After seeing Rescue From Gilligan's Island, we have to assume that Eva Grubb never got away with the Ginger Grant look-a-like thing, assuming Ginger's career, etc.

But Erika Tiffany Smith got on my nerves anyway because she was going to marry Roy:explode: . NO NOT ROY!!!! (he's MY man!;) )

Wow, talk about getting jealous easily. :lol: Oddly enough I always kept wanting Gilligan to have a girlfriend, and I really can't understand why, him being a fictional character and everything. I didn't even really care if it was Ginger, Mary Ann, or someone else. Maybe it's because I wanted to imagine myself being such a girl. :loveya:

Anyway the main thing I love about the Erika Tiffany episode was the Skipper acting like a lovesick schoolboy over her. Alan Hale was pure genius! :nod:

Yeah, Alan Hale was pretty priceless in that episode!
"Mrs. Erika Tiffany Smith, you remind me of a poem!" then he goes on to deliver this really rough poem. I have personally always thought the Skipper was very adorable.

This is an episode which always provokes powerful reactions from fans, whether pro or con. It’s certainly one of the most unusual stories, and that’s saying something.

“The Hunter” is remarkably dark for a Gilligan’s Island episode, not only because of the subject matter but because of the riveting portrayal of the hunter Jonathan Kinkaid by veteran film star Rory Calhoun. Calhoun played the role absolutely straight: calm and quiet on the surface, chillingly evil underneath. The audience is convinced that he is perfectly capable of carrying out his monstrous plan.

Bob Denver’s performance adds to the dark tone. His terror and despair are palpable, and the scene where Gilligan, alone in the jungle, actually breaks down weeping is heart-wrenching.

The tension in the episode builds from where Kinkaid interviews his potential victims (including the women) to the scene at the rock where Kinkaid fires and just barely misses his prey. A moment later comes the water trough moment where we momentarily believe Gilligan has been murdered. He rises triumphant (in the one funny moment in the entire episode) but after this the episode falls flat.

It falls flat because at the last minute the writers lose their nerve and attempt to return to the show’s usual light-hearted, surreal comedic tone. With Vito Scotti or Nehemiah Persoff playing an over-the-top villain this scenario might have worked, but by this time the audience is so convinced of Kinkaid’s deadly prowess and the real danger to Gilligan that the scene is simply wildly frustrating. One wishes that the Professor and the Skipper had remained imprisoned, rather than endangering Gilligan’s life with their inept plan.

Worse still is the character assassination of the Skipper. Throughout the episode we see his anxiety for Gilligan, but where is his rage? He should be inches short of throttling Kinkaid instead of bashfully twiddling his fingers a la Oliver Hardy. Though the Skipper does push the muzzle of the gun away before Kinkaid can fire on Gilligan’s tree, (and utters the very sobering line, “If you shoot that gun, it will be murder!”) it is enough to make one cringe when the Skipper eagerly reminds Kinkaid about the promise of rescue. “We won’t tell anyone,” the Skipper says, smiling meekly and twiddling his fingers again. He ought to be promising to send Kinkaid to the chair.

Although in the end the men learn that Kinkaid’s failure to kill Gilligan has sent him to the madhouse, this resolution of justice does not provide a true catharsis for the audience. A dramatic climax would not have been unprecedented for Gilligan’s Island: Hi Fi Gilligan has the moving short straw scene, and the bonfire scene from Slave Girl ends with a hushed “whew” rather than a “ha.” The climax of the episode should have been the death of Kinkaid. Not that Gilligan should deliberately have killed Kinkaid, but some accident, and something directly connected to his diabolical hunt, should have been his doom. Ramoo could have escaped in the helicopter when everyone was distracted, and the series could have carried on.

What an idea for a fanfic: The Hunter: the au ending...

The hunter was none other than Rory Calhoun. It's from an old story, "The Most Dangerous Game". Maybe if another Robert DeNiro/Ben Stiller "Meet the Parents" is out, Robert DeNiro can challenge Ben Stiller to see if he is worth leading star Teri Polo's hand, by hunting him and having him escape.

This is an episode which always provokes powerful reactions from fans, whether pro or con. It’s certainly one of the most unusual stories, and that’s saying something.

“The Hunter” is remarkably dark for a Gilligan’s Island episode, not only because of the subject matter but because of the riveting portrayal of the hunter Jonathan Kinkaid by veteran film star Rory Calhoun. Calhoun played the role absolutely straight: calm and quiet on the surface, chillingly evil underneath.

You sure got THAT right!! BTW other completely serious villians in "Gilligan" could incolude Larry Storch, and the "over-the-top-villian Vito Scotti" hauintec astle one is NOT entirely played for LAUGHS! Hell, I mean , that was some spooky underscore, when the castle is there..much of it used in the Hunter and others.

Wow, just forgot how old this thread is!

Heh - I did it, and I'd do it again! (Shameless plug follows)

Kinkaid gets his in "A Beast at Bay" on the fanfic board.

Kinkaid gets his in "A Beast at Bay" on the fanfic board.

You truely gave Kinkaid what he deserved. But I would have preferred to keep him around. If you hated Kinkiad, that's why he's a good villain.

I have an idea for a story where Kinkaid comes back for revenge.....

Good point! There's a horrible fascination about him...

I would love to read your story! Presumably Kinkaid is able to put on a good enough act to have the authorities release him from the asylum. One of the scariest things about him was how sane could appear, when he wanted to. If it hadn't been for his asides to Ramoo, we'd never have guessed what he intended.

I haven't written it yet! I may sometime, and reading your fic may be jsut what I need to inspire me. I've written other fanfics a few years back, moslty about cartoons. My longest ones were about Buford files and Land of the Lost. If you remember those shows, let me know.

The idea I have has a scientist who wants Gilligan captured and studied. He has read pref. Hinkley's notes and knows Gilligan is not of this earth. He hires Kinkaid to capture gilligan. Kinkaid agrees, but has other ideas....

That's all I'm going to tell you for now!

Watched this on Me Tv recently and I cannot fathom why that nasty old hunter would go after my Gilligan!:mad:

Watched this on Me Tv recently and I cannot fathom why that nasty old hunter would go after my Gilligan!:mad:
You have an ally in me, g/f!

Try to hurt our G Man? You suffer the wrath of Gilligan's Army!

The Hunter is a strange and compelling episode but not one that I would ever watch by choice. Rory Calhoun did a great job though. I find his scene with Ginger rather disturbing, but it shows just how far the movie star will go for her friends. She's come a long way since the shallow girl she was at the beginning of the show in season 1. (Kudos to Tina Louise who often gets slated.) Ginger became much more of a team player over the years.

This is an old thread but worth resurrecting. People have commented, "why didn't they just do this or that, wrestle the gun away?" or whatever. But if you think about it, there was always an element of confusion among the castaways that prevented them from acting as one until it was too late, and they realised they'd been duped or played off against each other. This element was necessary to keep them apart and thinking differently while the villain/guest star was 'getting away with it'.

It's the old rule of divide and conquer.

Ok, here it is. I found the script:
http://www.gilligansisle.com/scripts/script86.html
SKIPPER
Gilligan, he's not smiling.

MARY ANN
Well that's ridiculous. People don't
hunt people.

MRS HOWELL
Mr. Kincaid this joke is in extremely
poor taste!


KINCAID
Madame, I assure you I'm not joking.

PROFESSOR
Do you intend to hunt one of us, and
then gun your victim down in cold
blood?!

KINCAID
Very well put Professor. As added
incentive to your participation in this
adventure, if the one I'm hunting can
elude me for twenty-four hours, I'll see
that your all returned to civilization.

The castaways now have a look of doom on their
faces. Kincaid starts to look at each castaway in
turn as he makes his decision.

GINGER
But…but I'm a girl!

KINCAID
That's quite obvious.

Kincaid looks next at Mary Ann

MARY ANN
Me!?

KINCAID
My dear, shooting you would be like
shooting an Easter bunny.

Kincaid then fixes his gaze on Mrs. Howell.

KINCAID
As for you Madame.

MRS HOWELL
You wouldn't dare!

KINCAID
Don't tempt me. But I plan to start
this hunt before noon, and I'm sure at
that early hour your blue blood wouldn't
be circulating.

Mrs. Howell is upset at being insulted.

MRS HOWELL
I never heard such nerve! Why for
something important I can get up as
early as anyone else!

Mr. Howell realizes how absurd Mrs. Howells
comment is and steps in.

MR HOWELL
Lovey, if the man says your blood
doesn't circulate don't argue!

Kincaid, hearing Mr. Howell turns his attention
to him.

KINCAID
As for you, I'd love to let some hot air
out of your stuffed shirt!

Kincaid then focuses on the Professor.

KINCAID
Over here we have a chess player. By the
time he's figuring out his next move I'd
have him in my bag!

Kincaid then spots the skipper.

SKIPPER
Now look Kincaid, this is a lot of
nonsense!

KINCAID
Skipper! Your too big a target.

Gilligan then assesses the situation and is
relieved that no one was selected.

GILLIGAN
I'm glad it's not you or Ginger or Mary
Ann or Mr. Or Mrs. Howell or the
Professor.
BTW Those are some more ideas of Kincaid's funny lines, like that last..but as callensei said in one of her comments, it was an atypically grim and dark episode for Gilligan....you can also suitably hear music reused from, and originally written for "Ghost a Go Go" and "Friendly Physician" from the previous season in the firt act, and right before the time is up, durikng the tree gag, the silly cue that you can hear in the earlier episode, "Topsy Turvy" (the capitvora berry one, where Gilligan knocks himself so that he sees everything upside butt he Professor makes a medicine that restores it, but in the show's typical cue worse than disease theme, makes Gilligan see double and more), the fluty tune where Gilligan sees double and more, is used when Gilligan in the short hollow comedy tree trunk moces and Kincaid says it must be his old malaria. Good reason for his hunting Gilligan..the sociopath! Also I don't blame Kincaid in a way for NOT trusting the castaways once rescued to keep mum about the whole thing ("or they'd have me in JAIL!")..:)

Gilligan..Gilligan....Gilligan...Gilligan LOL!

Wow, talk about getting jealous easily. :lol: Oddly enough I always kept wanting Gilligan to have a girlfriend, and I really can't understand why, him being a fictional character and everything. I didn't even really care if it was Ginger, Mary Ann, or someone else. Maybe it's because I wanted to imagine myself being such a girl. :loveya:

Anyway the main thing I love about the Erika Tiffany episode was the Skipper acting like a lovesick schoolboy over her. Alan Hale was pure genius! :nod:

It's actually common to want a single fictional character to have a romantic partner . Playing matchmaker for said fictional character is called "shipping" ( short for "relationshipping" ) , On the original Dallas, the writers introduced a character, a young boy played by Christopher Atkins, who went after the much older Sue Ellen . The girls in my university thought he was all wrong for Sue Ellen, and they wanted to see him get with Lucy Ewing . I've tried to do the same thing with the characters in my comic books . It's part of the fun of watching TV shows or movies, or reading comic books .

For a show that was pretty silly a light hearted this was a very dark episode, I'm surprised they even made it.

I have a foggy memory that Ginger offered to take Kincaid to the other side of the island for some "implied" hanky panky as a diversion from "the hunt"

BUT in the METV showings I think that scene was edited out (?)

Any comments ?

I have a foggy memory that Ginger offered to take Kincaid to the other side of the island for some "implied" hanky panky as a diversion from "the hunt"

BUT in the METV showings I think that scene was edited out (?)

Any comments ?
Yes,she id.

dited on Nick-at-nite, intact on DVD/streaming. Take care.

Yes,she did.

dited on Nick-at-nite, intact on DVD/streaming. Take care.

so was THAT the only implied sexual encounter EVER in Gilligan's Island ?